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Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

1956 film by Ismael Rodríguez

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer is a 1956 American historical western adventure film co-produced and directed by Albert C. Gannaway and Ismael Rodríguez and starring Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr. and Faron Young. The film was shot in Trucolor in Mexico. It was released by Republic Pictures at the height of the Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier craze.

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Plot

Set in 1775, during the American War of Independence, the settlement of Boonesborough, Kentucky, is besieged by both hostile Shawnee Indian tribes and the British. Frontiersman Daniel Boone and his family must fight for survival when overtures of peace fail and culminate in a frontal assault on the fort.

Cast

Lon Chaney Jr. as Blackfish

Soundtrack

Albert C. Gannaway composed the music for three songs for the film, with lyrics by Hal Levy.[1]

  • "Long Green Valley" (sung by Faron Young)
  • "Stand Firm in the Faith"
  • "Dan'l Boone"

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer Soundtrack at IMDb
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